STITZ Wabash, Sept. 1 - Charles Stitz, 71, died at 9:15 am today at his farm home south of this city. Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Peebles of Lafayette; two grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Laura Metherell of this city. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 pm at the Hoover Funeral Home here with burial at Goodland. Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, In, September 2, 1940.